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- 2018
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h 32 m
- 2018
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h 32 m
Summary A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director (Tilda Swinton), an ambitious young dancer (Dakota Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Lutz Ebersdorf). Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Directed By: Luca Guadagnino
Written By: Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, David Kajganich
- 2018
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h 32 m
- 2018
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h 32 m
Suspiria
64
7.1
Where to Watch
Summary A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director (Tilda Swinton), an ambitious young dancer (Dakota Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Lutz Ebersdorf). Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Directed By: Luca Guadagnino
Written By: Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, David Kajganich
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 Critic Reviews
64
59% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
29% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
13% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 Critic Reviews
64
59% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
29% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
13% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
It is impossible to discuss the rapturous, experiential masterpiece that is Guadagnino’s Suspiria without dedicating this much space to its thematic density. It’s not a film one considers, but excavates, continually finding additional symbols and meaning within the deceptively simple setting.
I’m happy to report that I have no idea what’s going on in Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria remake, and that’s wonderful. The two Suspirias function more as companion pieces than as mirrored twins.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 259 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
173 Ratings
173 Ratings
19% Mixed
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
14% Negative
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 259 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
173 Ratings
173 Ratings
19% Mixed
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
14% Negative
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
darkness, tears, and sighs; it is hardly a remake, it's like the original Suspiria's grungy, emo older sister. Guadagnino takes Argento's classic and trades the jump scares with chilling imagery. it's substance over style, but Guadagnino's style is not to be ignored. regardless, both the original and the remake are two of the best films ever made. I personally prefer Guadagnino's, but by the end of either film, you realize you just experienced a hypnotic nightmare.
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Much of Guadagnino’s Suspiria feels beholden to nothing, indulgent and overwrought, existing only for itself. Art should never have to justify its own existence, but also: Why does this exist? What motivations conceived this film that seems to want very little—to maybe even dislike—the movie on which it’s based? And yet, it’s unforgettable.
It’s a smart reimagining, but not a particularly compelling one, which is the problem overall.
There are smart moments of fear and subliminal shivers of disquiet, the dance sequences are good and of course Guadagnino could never be anything other than an intelligent film-maker. But this is a weirdly passionless film.
As the first hour of Suspiria grinds into the second and beyond (the movie runs 152 minutes), it grows ever more distended and yet more hollow. Unlike Argento, who seemed content to deliver a nastily updated fairy tale in 90 or so minutes, Guadagnino continues casting about for meaning, which perhaps explains why he keeps adding more stuff, more mayhem, more dances.
Suspiria is not just a movie unworthy of your time. It’s an experience one should reflexively recoil from, up there with things like fire, pain, humiliation and embarrassment. Easily, it’s one of the worst movies of 2018.
Started with promise but lost itself. Gory but unrealistic cgi. Tilda Swinton very good as usual
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Well...that was bizarre to say the least! More of a reimagining than an actual remake of the 1977 cult classic horror film, this was a literal mess! While the original (which I was actually a fan of) was creepy and disturbing, it also managed to be mysterious and haunting in all the best ways possible and was never too over the top. This film was the exact opposite of that unfortunately! It was creepy and disturbing as well, and them some (and I don't mean that in a good way.) Quite honestly, I couldn't believe how dreary, plodding, and just plain boring it was most the time, but then again, I probably should've suspected as much knowing that the film carried a two and a half hour runtime (an hour longer than the original's hour and a half runtime.) In addition, things just got more and more bizarre as the film progressed but even then still managed to remain rather boring all the while. And if that wasn't bad enough already, the film's final half hour or so became so ridiculously grotesque, and to make matters worse, the film tried it's hardest to make it appear really artsy and deep, but it just came off as completely absurd and pretentious and only succeeded in grossing me out. If there's anything remotely positive I can think of to say about this film, it would be Tilda Swinton's brilliant performance, or performances I should say, cause fun fact: In addition to playing the ballet academy director Madame Blanc, she played another small side character towards the end and also donned lots of makeup and prosthetics to play an elderly man named Dr. Josef Klemperer, but for that role she was credited under the pseudonym Lutz Ebersdorf. She's always blown me away with her transformations and acting skills and range, and this film was no exception! Sadly though, it's no saving grace for the film itself, and the rest of the cast's talents were rather wasted to me. Overall, this really was just one great, long, gross, and pretentious bore and a total disservice to the unnerving original! Hope everybody else had a better Halloween than I did watching this!
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Production Company
Frenesy Film Company,
Videa,
First Sun,
MeMo Films,
Mythology Entertainment,
Amazon Studios,
K Period Media,
FilmNation Entertainment
Release Date Oct 26, 2018
Duration 2 h 32 m
Rating R
Tagline Tremble tremble!!! The witches are back...
Website
http://www.suspiria.movie/
Awards
CinEuphoria Awards
• 3 Wins & 11 Nominations
VHS Awards
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Fright Meter Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
